Web 2.0 Designer News

Say you’re a social media spammer that drives traffic to CPAlead.com surveys… What do you do when English speakers are increasing desensitized towards Facebook spam? Language localization! We’re currently seeing a run of Facebook spam that uses the following subject: “Voi paska, katso miten kävi kun isä näki tyttärensä webcam-esityksen” It’s a Finnish translation of the popular English spam subject: “OMG, dad catches daughter on webcam” The spam links to this Page: After clicking on the confirm button, the user will be asked to click a series of numbered buttons: This is a form of clickjacking that will result in the link being shared to the user’s profile, thus spreading to friends via the News Feed

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Voi Paska, Facebook Spam Localized in Finnish

This weekend 125 people from more than 30 countries spent a few days discussing how Startup Weekend could have a positive impact on our global economy.  Sounds crazy?

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Start Up Weekend – Changing the World One City at a Time

You now have a finished piece of content on your website. How can one go about getting the most visitors to the new piece? Having faith that users will magically gravitate to your new page is extremely optimistic

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5 Ways to Market your Online Content

What’s the one thing that any blog just can’t survive without? Traffic

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How to Get More Web Traffic by Adding Free Tools to Your Blog

Site activity is a new and important part of the Google algorithm used for ranking websites for specific keywords. Only recently has Google made this new aspect of site activity and integral part of their ranking process.

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What Is Meant By Site Activity?

“All men are created equal” (Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence). Sadly for advertisers, men don’t remain equal throughout their lives. It would be easy if they were all the same and into the same things; we could reach them all in the same places and communicate with them in the same way.

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New Digital Research: Evolving our Understanding of Pre-Family Man

With the large amount of information and resources available on the internet it can be quite a challenge for entrepreneurs and small business owners to find the small business help they need. From deciding whether to start a business, setting up or acquiring a business, raising capital, acquiring credit, marketing, social media marketing, working with customers, growing your business, working online, selling online, and much more it’s vital to have access to resources you can depend on.

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Small Business Help: Top 25 Websites

There are thousands of organic or green logo designs nowadays. In today’s green conscious consumer world, it is important for businesses to show that they care about the environment. The use of these themes is a growing trend, which is surely beneficial, as many companies change their strategies and philosophy with  more responsible ones,  gaining more trust and with that more clients

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40 Super Inspiring Organic Logo Designs

This is the latest tutorial commissioned by UK magazine Web Designer (issue 175).  I was asked to bring street art / graffiti style to a (faux) youth community website. Verging off a recent visit to a spectacular Keith Haring exhibit, I paid homage to one of the finest street artists

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Street Art Blog Tutorial

Do you want to design your own website, but have no idea how to begin? If you start by following these three rules, you should be ahead of the game: 1) Make Your Website Easy to Read Consider the colors of your text and background carefully. Don’t use flashy backgrounds behind text

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Three Golden Rules for Website Design

In this tutorial, I will show you how you can quickly and effectively Create Fantasy Scene via Combining Landscape Images in Photoshop. Some steps can be a little tricky for beginners, but why not have a try! VIEW THIS TUTORIAL

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Quickly Create Surreal Scenary via Combining Landscape Images in Photoshop

Breaking Down Doors: Promoting Yourself To Dream Clients There’s a saying that the School of Visual Arts in New York City once used in its ads: “To be good is not enough when you dream of being great.” We all have dream clients that we would like to add to our portfolio, but either we don’t know how to reach them or have no idea how to even start. Promotion is not a big subject at art school, and I know way too many creatives who stare at the phone and wonder why it’s not ringing. The Next Level of Design: Being Unique In a world filled with CSS galleries and showcase websites, everything starts to look the same

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Linkswitch #37: Coworking Space, Self Promotion & Twitter Marketing

I have a friend going to get married and decided to show the photos of him and his wife in the wedding party. He asks me to making one for them. I told him, you don’t need me and “There is an APP for that”. Try Flash Gallery Factory Deluxe

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Flash Gallery Factory Deluxe(Giveaway Contest)

Mark van Bronkhorst has a tradition of naming faces after local landmarks in his native California Bay Area. Solano Gothic , his sophisticated deco sans, is named after the main commercial avenue in Albany, California – my town and Mark’s current residence. Now he’s finished a new superfamily named after San Francisco’s waterfront: Embarcadero takes its name from the popular walking and shopping area around that city’s Ferry Building and nearby entertainment districts, just north of Giants Stadium.

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MvB Embarcadero

Keef was kind enough to spend time to do a interview with me. He also happens to know my obession to old japanese super robots, and mecha godzilla. He also has interviews with various other artists, entertainers models and etc.

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Ontario yours to uncover: Interview

“I’m just freelancing while I’m looking for a job.” “I’m just freelancing while I build up my company.” “I’m just freelancing until something better comes along.” It’s easy to come to the conclusion that any ambitious freelancer is looking to get out of the freelancing game.

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What’s the Career Path for Ambitious Freelancers?

Articles as web content are used as a very powerful and cost-effective type of advertising for many web developers. When you use SEO Link Vine, chances are higher to reach not only large article directories but smaller and highly targeted niches

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The top 10 mistakes when choosing a link building service

Academic officials from Iowa State University recently announced the launch of a bachelors degree specializing in industrial design, according to the Chicago Tribune. Students who take advantage of this opportunity will be expected to complete one academic year in the school's College of Design followed by finishing the remaining three years in a professional setting. The new curriculum will include introductory courses in business, computer programming design, engineering and industrial design

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Iowa State University adds industrial design degree to bachelor offerings

Architecture students who have obtained a master's degree in this field, and wish to enhance their professional value, can benefit from applying for fellowship programs. In order to keep up with the high demand for fellowships, many schools are launching these opportunities, which can help individuals become more attractive to potential employers. For example, the Rice School of Architecture in Houston has announced the application process for its Wortham Fellowship program, which benefits master's degree holders who are entering or who currently work in this field

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Texas-based architecture school announces fellowship availability

Few companies know how to brand—or how to build buzz—as well as search engine giant Google. The company recently showed their marketing prowess once again with the much discussed unveiling of Google Instant.

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Google Instant with Fun Logo Changes